Online Dhamma Talks

Zoom meetings are one way to encourage some people to contemplate the Dhamma and it’s practice together.  The live-streams are recorded and then shared on the YouTube channel later.  This section of our website links to these uploads directly, and the subjects which were discussed are presented clearly alongside each link, so that you can identify and listen to subjects of particular interest to you. ​

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25 November 2021

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A talk spurred by two questions:

1: How can we find meaning and purpose in the worldly life if we have aspirations to live a monastic life but have to be in the worldly life for family?

​2: Since I began meditating, I have become very emotional. I am very quickly moved to tears and I start crying, either when seeing something ordinary and negative, like people arguing in the street or something painful, when I witness the suffering of people, children or animals.

 I sometimes start crying when reading or hearing a dhamma talk. In my chest, negative emotions like anger and frustration feel even heavier and more dense than before. Is this normal? What can I do to deal skillfully with these emotional states? I am deeply grateful!

10 November 2021

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Questions

1: You recently received an honorific title from the Thai King, Rama the 10th.

​What does the title ‘Tahn Chao Khun’ mean? And what does this honour mean for your life in practical terms? Lord Buddha has taught us to be above worldly concerns, how do you personally practice with receiving such honours?

2: A nun in the Mahayana tradition mentioned to me that an Arahant must still come back to the world (samsara) to continue their journey as a Bodhisattva. Is this true?

3: How can one deal skilfully with betrayal / cheating from spouse? As a practitioner, we may try to observe objectively and generate metta, but one feels as though one is being taken for granted. How to handle this? You can recognise that it’s due to past karma. But how do you handle it in the practical world?

5/4: If a young lady in her 20s wears sexy, short skirts, skimpy dresses, low cut shirts etc, to attract attention, is she committing bad karma?

4/5: My Mum has had dementia for 15 years and she is gradually forgetting things and people. Sometimes I can get her to chant with me, at other times it's impossible because she doesn't have the attention span. Besides this, what more can I do for her? Chant and dedicate merits to her? 

Cat update

Recordings of online gatherings 2021

Livestream recordings with all the details on all the topics discussed and the questions answered, month by month continually this year. 

Sept/Oct 21

July/Aug 21

May/Jun 21

Mar/Apr 21

Jan/Feb 21

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Recordings of online gatherings 2020

Livestream recordings with all the details on all the topics discussed and the questions answered, month by month continually since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic. 

Oct/Dec 20

Aug/Sept 20

July 2020

June 2020

Apr/May 20

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If you are a subscriber to this website and would like to join the virtual gatherings:

Please contact Joyce Lim, mention that you are a subscriber of this website and request the password and ID. If there is space available, you will need to download the zoom app. The free version is good enough. Please write your name and country in your user name so that we can see where people are joining in from. Questions or subjects to be covered in a follow up session can be asked via the chat function on the Zoom app once you’ve logged into the actual session.

​Ajahn Achalo Bhikkhu